Edwards township, Wilkes County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 1 (14% naturalized citizens)

Edwards township:

1.0%

Whole state:

5.3%

71% of Edwards township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in North Carolina.

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)

Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)

Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)

Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (3%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Edwards township:

United States or American (34.8%)

English (16.8%)

German (11.0%)

Irish (7.8%)

Dutch (3.6%)

Scotch-Irish (3.3%)

French (except Basque) (2.9%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (37%)

Egypt (27%)

United Kingdom (16%)

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (10%)

Jordan (10%)

Means of transportation to work:

Drove a car alone: 2,880 (85%)

Carpooled: 387 (11%)

Bicycle: 6 (0%)

Walked: 48 (1%)

Worked at home: 87 (3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Electricity (39%)

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (33%)

Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)

Wood (6%)

Other fuel (1%)

Utility gas (1%)

97.4% of residents of Edwards township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 38% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (38% speak English well, 62% speak English not well).